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Middlemarch vocabulary
21 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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suffuse
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Definition:to spread over or throughout, as a dye, liquid, emotions, etc.
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Uses:
A flash of eagerness suffused the face of Alexey
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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his face was suffused with dark blood
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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perfume which suffused her soul.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.
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a flush of pleasure suffused Prince Andrew's face
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace.
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The hall was not dark, nor yet was it lit, only by the high-hung bronze lamp; a warm glow suffused both it and the lower steps of the oak staircase.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre
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Goddesses are possible now and the air suffuses with desire
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
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His face suffused with blood.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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such suffusions of swimming colors are not to be disdained by the artist in recollection.Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita.
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